Orion Schwalm reads Just the Messenger, by Scott Kaiser. Orion shares his response to the story and source material, and gives a little insight into his podcast editing process. Then, Scott and Olena discuss the inspiration behind the story, and the play on which it's based. Please note, this episode contains explicit content.
Show Notes
Orion Schwalm reads Just the Messenger, by Scott Kaiser. Orion shares his response to the story and source material, followed by a discussion between Scott and Olena of said source material and story themes.
Tales from the Vomitorium: 38 Short Stories by Scott Kaiser is sponsored in part by Whidbey Telecom, the Goosefoot Community Fund, and The Goose Community Grocer.
Orion Michael Schwalm (he/him; Tales from the Vomitorium: Sound design, editing, composing; Reader: Just the Messenger) grew up in Northern California, playing music. He has moved from the arena of music into theatre into performance poetry into theatre into the circus and then back into theatre. He currently lives in New York, working in off broadway houses and doing ridiculous stunts with his body. At Island Shakespeare: Montano (Othello), Feste (Twelfth Night), Music (Sense & Sensibility), Sound Design and Composition (Inferno). Graduate of UC Irvine. Follow on Instagram at orionzerodawn.
Scott Kaiser (he/him; Author) is a nationally recognized master teacher of acting and voice, as well as a director, playwright, and author. For 28 seasons, Scott served as a member of the artistic staff at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, where he directed, adapted, coached, or performed in all 38 of Shakespeare’s plays. Scott is the author of four books on Shakespeare: Have Shakespeare, Will Travel; The Tao of Shakespeare; Shakespeare’s Wordcraft; and Mastering Shakespeare. He has also penned several original plays, including Falstaff in Love, Love’s Labor’s Won, Now This, Splittin’ the Raft, and Shakespeare’s Other Women: A New Anthology of Monologues. Scott has directed at numerous theatre training programs around the country, including Carnegie-Mellon University, The University of Washington, Duke University, Seattle University, Santa Clara University, the University of Oregon, and Southern Oregon University. Scott holds an ADVS from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London, an MFA from the University of Washington Professional Actor Training Program in Seattle, and a BA from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
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